La Bete Noire
- Cake:
- 1 Cup Water
- 3/4 Cup Sugar
- 9 Tablespoons Butter
- 18 oz Bittersweet/ Semi Sweet Choc (GOOD CHOC)
- 6 eggs
- Ganache
- 1 Cup Heavy Cream
- 8 oz bittersweet/ Semi Sweet chocolate
- Butter 10" springform pan. Line with Parchment paper/ butter it. Wrap 3 laters of foil around the pan to the rim. Combine water and sugar in saucepan. Boil over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add Chocolate and whisk until smooth. Whisk Sugar Syrup into Chocolate.
- Add eggs to mixtures and whisk until blended. Pour into prepared pan.
- Place pan in roasting pan. Add hot water until it reaches halfway up both sides of the pan.
- Bale 350 until center no longer moves about 50 minutes.
- Remove both pans from the oven. Transfer cake to a cooling rack and cool completely.
- For Ganache bring the cream to simmer over medium heat. Add chocolate and whisk until smooth. Pour over top of cake that is still in the pan.
- Refigerate until set up to 2 days.
water, sugar, butter, sweet, eggs, ganache, heavy cream, sweet chocolate
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/la-bete-noire-50037869 (may not work)